Shloka 48

Adhyāya 76: Kuṇḍina-praveśaḥ, Bhīmena satkāraḥ, Ṛtuparṇa-kṣamā, Aśvahṛdaya-pratyarpanam

Nala’s Reception and Reconciliation

Devanagari script

ततोड<ब्रवीन्महाराज: कृतशौचमहं नलम्‌ | दमयन्त्या सहोपेतं कल्ये द्रष्टा सुखोषितम्‌,तब महाराज भीमने कहा--“आज नलको सुखपूर्वक यहीं रहने दो। कल सबेरे स्नान आदिसे शुद्ध हुए दमयन्तीसहित नलसे मैं मिलूँगा”

Transliteration

tato 'bravīn mahārājaḥ kṛtaśaucam ahaṃ nalam | damayantyā sahopetaṃ kalye draṣṭā sukhoṣitam ||

Translation

Then King Bhīma said: “Let Nala, who has completed his purificatory bath, stay here today in comfort. Tomorrow morning, after I too have bathed and become ritually pure, I shall meet Nala together with Damayantī.”

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Lakara: लिट् (perfect); Person: 3; Number: singular; Pada: परस्मैपद

• महाराजः: the great king
• महाराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: nominative; Number: singular

• कृतशौचम्: purified (having performed cleansing)
• कृतशौचम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतशौच
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Gender: (common); Case: nominative; Number: singular

• नलम्: Nala
• नलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नल
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: singular

• दमयन्त्या: with Damayanti
• दमयन्त्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दमयन्ती
• Form: Gender: feminine; Case: instrumental; Number: singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह
• Form: Avyaya

• उपेतम्: accompanied/attended
• उपेतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-इ (उपेत)
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: singular

• कल्ये: tomorrow (in the morning)
• कल्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कल्य
• Form: Avyaya (locative used adverbially)

• द्रष्टा: I shall see/meet
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Lakara: लुट् (periphrastic future); Person: 1; Number: singular

• सुखोषितम्: who has stayed comfortably / well-rested
• सुखोषितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखोषित
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: singular

Speaker

बृहदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma (king of Vidarbha, Damayantī’s father)
• Nala
• Damayantī